The Forest
Edward Rutherford, master of the huge, panoramic historical novel, again takes England for his subject, concentrating this time on the New Forest district of southern England. Tracing its history from the Saxons and Normans in 1099 to the mannered social climate of the early 1800s, he combines...
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Edward Rutherford, master of the huge, panoramic historical novel, again takes England for his subject, concentrating this time on the New Forest district of southern England. Tracing its history from the Saxons and Normans in 1099 to the mannered social climate of the early 1800s, he combines story and characters to illuminate an evocative and important region in the story of England.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780609603826 (0609603825)
ASIN: 609603825
Publish date: April 25th 2000
Publisher: Crown Pub
Pages no: 598
Edition language: English
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There is just way too much description about everything to get to the story in this book. I struggled every bit of the way to get a third of the book read. When the writing came to a natural breaking point, I just couldn't go on. It is purely the writing style of the author as I had the same problem...
This novel is about a region in southern England known as New Forest and covers a 900 year span of time. The book is a series of short stories about people living in this part of England with the stories taking place at intervals about 200 years apart. The first story takes place in the year 1100 ...
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